Crime News

CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man must serve 20 years in prison for being a “manager” in a Venezuela to Virgin Islands cocaine smuggling conspiracy. U.S. District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis on Thursday sentenced Jose R. Hodge, 38, to 240 months in prison for conspiracy to possess cocaine with

CONCERNED NEIGHBORS? FOUND MURDERED THURSDAY AFTER LITTLE LA GRANGE RESIDENTS HEARD GUNSHOTS ON TUESDAY: MARK GRAFFIS, 67 FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man who was found dead Tuesday in his own home with bullet wounds was murdered, authorities said. Joseph Mark Graffis, 67, of Little La Grange, was discovered by

CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man got just over two years in prison for selling less than an ounce of crack cocaine at Sunny Isle Shopping Center four years ago. Bruce “Bird” McIntosh, 55, of Christiansted, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Golden Rock on the charge of

CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man who admitted to an armed jewelry store robbery, gun-butting a jewelry store guard in the head and illegal gun charges over a two year period was given 15 years in prison by a federal judge. Visiting Judge Anne Thompson sentenced Ajani “Jahno” Plante, 28,

FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man was found with bullet wounds to his body when police checked to see if he was all right in Estate La Grange today. A concerned citizen walked in to the Francis Command Zone B in Frederiksted and requested a welfare check on a resident

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT IN NEW JERSEY CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Dominican Republic native was given 10 years in prison by a federal judge for bringing nearly 13 pounds of cocaine to the territory. U.S. District Court Judge Curtis Gomez re-sentenced Tomas Liriano Castillo, 44, to

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Thomas man who allegedly brandished a firearm during a jewelry store robbery and duct taped employees to threaten and intimidate them faces 40 years in prison if convicted and sentenced to the maximum. On November 1, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a six count

CAPTURED! PAUL “BOGUS” GIRARD ON ST. CROIX “WITHOUT INCIDENT.” CHRISTIANSTED –Accused armed robber Paul Girard was apprehended early on Sunday morning on St. Croix by federal and local law enforcement officers. A team comprised of Deputy United States Marshals, DEA, FBI, ATF, and VIPD agents and officers located and arrested

ADRIAN L. FOSTER OF MIAMI CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Florida woman admitted in federal court that she lied about construction contracts she was given in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Adrian L. Foster, 50, of Miami, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court before Judge Curtis Gomez, to one

MID-ISLAND ST. CROIX — Armed robbers stormed the McDonald’s in Villa La Reine on Saturday night, escaping after a police chase but leaving behind an undisclosed amount of cash, authorities said. At about 8:57 p.m. Saturday the 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched police from the Marshall Command to a reported